APPLICATIONS FOR CONVERGENCE AWARDS 2016 OPEN

Launched in 2008, Convergences is the first platform for thought in Europe that aims at building new convergences between public, private, and solidarity-based actors, to promote the Sustainable Development Goals and the development of a world “Zero Exclusion, Zero Carbon, Zero Poverty.”

The Convergences Awards 2016 are open to the projects that shall meet the following criteria:

The project is carried out by a solidarity-based organisation;

In partnership with a public or private organisation;

The project has a high social and/or environmental impact;

The project is innovative and replicable

The Convergences Awards have two main categories:

The European Awardwhich rewards a project whose beneficiaries are mostly based within the European Union.

The International Awardwhich rewards a project whose beneficiaries are mostly based outside the European Union.

This year, there is the possibility to receive special awardfor a project that is specifically innovative and relevant to addressing development of sustainable cities and territories in the special “Sustainable cities and territories” category.